Our story
It all began in 1993 when we started as a ski accessory mail order
catalog named Sno-ski. The offices and storage facilities were
located in the basement and garage of the owners home. In 1995 we
started our first web site which was called Sno-ski.com. Our web
site offered the same products that were in our catalog. In the first year,
our on-line sales out sold our catalog sales so the catalogs were discontinued
at the end of 1996. From 1997-1999, we expanded our product
selection to include snowboarding and other winter accessories.
In 2000, we changed our name to
Alpine Accessories which reflected the products we offered. In
2003, we opened the first ski and snowboard accessory store. We offered no
equipment or clothing at this time. But many of our customers visiting our
store requested equipment, clothing, service and rentals. So in 2005 we
moved into a larger store and our current location. We also increased our
product selection to include equipment, apparel, service and rentals. With ski
and snowboard shops closing, Alpine Accessories became the first
new ski and snowboard specialty shop to open in Chicagoland in over 15 years!
In the summer of 2008, remodeling was done to our store over the summer
to accommodate more products, equipment and clothing. The summer of 2009
was spent on an all new web site
Alpine Accessories.com which
incorporates many new features now found on the throughout the internet.
